The Asian Film Awards, celebrating its seventh anniversary, recently unveiled its slate of nominees. The WSJ's Dean Napolitano talks about which films are worth watching before the March 18 ceremony.

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I ... the the ... all ... this is Asia's today and GE and joined by seen yet seen ... on the war she gentle Asian ... team before we get the donations just kick off and Thomas one of these ancient Rome ... hey this is the seventh year for the Asian film Awards and as part of ... Hong Kong's that annual Entertainment Expo ... takes place every March the flagship event being ... the Hong Kong International film Festival which is one of the biggest film festivals in the region ... said pretty serious stuff ... to tennis tennis double thumbs and things like that ... okay well we got two films with six not nominations each of the first is a mystery a film from China directed by a ... low forty eight ... he is ... one of on what a sorry one of China's sixth generation directors ... he's he's run a fall in the past with authorities he said some of his films banned ... a lot of this but this one that which had its lyric I'm ... I'm is getting a lot of attention of course with the six nominations ... the drama of of ... of of relationship drama lies and deception in a marriage ... on the other film it is a ... big budget Gangster film from Korea called nameless gangsters ... and this also got six nominations ... I'm a big hit in Korea last year takes place in Tucson ... in the world of organized crime in the sun and ninety nine ... is ok the dentist and the judge that one important substations AG to ... China and Korea anywhere else doing well ... write write exactly really don't the ... any film from Asia from Afghanistan to Japan to Iran to ... Korea ... all are ... eligible this year there are ... up for films from India that have been ... included in the nominations there are fourteen categories ... and there are thirty films nominated from nine different countries and territories ... antenna something about the judge was well why should we be listened to that ... well ... we've got ... Andy Lau Hong Kong superstar in the two hour cruise the president of this year's jury panel of ... of ten judges from all over Asia film critics producers ... film possible programmers ... and they have just of ... just a wide knowledge of the Asian film ... of the summer that ... we've got of the first the ... nomination out of Afghanistan mature for best actress ... the film is called the patients don't ... and it looks at the challenges facing modern day Most old woman ... in a world of archaic laws and traditions while local might see some of them ... Dina Bataan a senior staff for the war she gentle Asia ... thank you so much for joining when Jamie and this is Asia's today ...